Abstract #3477
A 16-channel double-row microstrip array for human head parallel imaging at ultrahigh fields
Xinqiang Yan 1,2 , Jan Ole Pedersen 3 , Long Wei 2 , Xiaoliang Zhang 4 , and Rong Xue 1
1
State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive
Science, Beijing MRI Center for Brain Research,
Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Beijing, Beijing, China,
2
Key
Laboratory of Nuclear Analysis Techniques, Institute of
High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Beijing, Beijing, China,
3
Sino-Danish
Center, University of Chinese Acaemy of Sciences,
Beijing, Beijing, China,
4
Department
of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of
California San Francisco and UCSF/UC Berkeley Joint
Graduate Group in Bioengineering, San Francisco,
California, United States
The length of microstrip transceiver arrays is often
constrained by the required resonant frequency, limiting
the image coverage. To increase the imaging coverage and
also improve its parallel imaging capability, we
designed, constructed and tested a 16-channel double-row
microstrip transceiver array for human head imaging at
7T. In the comparison study with a regular single-row
array, the double-row array demonstrated a larger
imaging coverage along z-direction and improved parallel
imaging capability. The proposed technique is
particularly suitable for the design of large-sized
transceiver arrays with large channel counts.
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